CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH’S PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO PILE-UP. ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK HAVE JOINED PENNSYLVANIA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA AND NEW MEXICO, SEEKING DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONIES FROM VICTIMS OF CLERGY ABUSE AND EFFORTS BY HIERARCHY TO COVER THEM UP.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN PENNSYLVANIA, A GRAND JURY RECENTLY REVEALED ABUSE BY MORE THAN 1,000 PRIESTS OF HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN OVER MANY YEARS.
THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS BY A FORMER VATICAN DIPLOMAT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR POPE FRANCIS TO RESIGN. THE DIPLOMAT ALLEGES THE POPE KNEW ABOUT THESE INCIDENTS AND HAS BEEN COMPLICIT IN THE COVER-UP. THE POPE’S RESPONSE HAS NOT BEEN TO DENY THE ALLEGATIONS, BUT TO CALL FOR “SILENCE.” THAT IS AN INADEQUATE RESPONSE TO SAY THE LEAST IN LIGHT OF THE HARM DONE TO THE CHILDREN AND THE HEMMORAGHING OF CATHOLIC BELIEVERS FROM THE CHURCH, ESPECIALLY IN IRELAND WHERE THAT CHURCH ONCE REIGNED SUPREME.
IT IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ENGAGE THIS ISSUE AND THAT PEOPLE FOUND TO BE GUILTY, FROM THE PRIESTS TO THE BISHOPS WHO PASSED ALONG THE PRIESTS TO OTHER DIOCESES AND COVERED UP THEIR CRIMES BE PROSECUTED. REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THOSE WHO WOULD CAUSE THESE LITTLE ONES TO STUMBLE. I’M CAL THOMAS
